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Conchita
Conchita is originally a diminutive for the Spanish feminine given name Concepción. Conxita is the Catalan equivalent. ''Conchita'' is also the diminutive of ''concha'' ( seashell). Conchita may refer to: People * Conchita Cabrera de Armida (1862–1937), Mexican author and mystic * Conchita Campbell (born 1995), Canadian actress * Conchita Carpio Morales (born 1941), Philippine Ombudsman * Conchita Cintrón (1922–2009), Peruvian Bullfighter * Conchita Leeflang, Surinamese songstress * Conxita Marsol Riart (born 1960), Andorran lawyer and politician * Conchita Martínez (born 1972), Spanish professional tennis player * Conchita (musician) (born 1981), Spanish singer * Concepcion Picciotto, American protester * Conchita Wurst (born 1988), Austrian singer * Conxita Julià (1919–2019), Catalan nationalist and poet Other * ''Conchita'' (beetle), a genus of hister beetle * ''Conchita'' (opera), an opera by composer Riccardo Zandonai * "Conchita" (song) by Lou Bega * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchita Wurst
Thomas Neuwirth (born 6 November 1988) is an Austrian singer and drag queen who is known for his stage persona Conchita Wurst (or simply Conchita). Neuwirth came to international attention after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 as with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix". Neuwirth has stated that he is not a trans woman. He is gay, and has also described himself as a drag queen. He uses she/her pronouns to describe his Conchita Wurst character, but he/him pronouns when referring to himself. Born in Gmunden, Neuwirth moved to Graz to do his matura, matura exam with a focus on fashion, before embarking on a singing career through the 2007 casting show ''Starmania (TV series), Starmania''. He subsequently became a founding member of the short-lived boy band Jetzt Anders!. In 2011, Neuwirth began appearing as Conchita—a female character noted for her beard—and came second in the Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Austrian pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchita (album)
''Conchita'' is the debut studio album by Austrian pop singer Conchita Wurst. It was released on 15 May 2015 by Sony Music Entertainment. The album includes the singles "Heroes", " You Are Unstoppable" and her Eurovision Song Contest 2014 winning song, "Rise like a Phoenix". Composition ''Conchita'' incorporates different elements from multiple music genres into Conchita Wurst's typical baroque pop sound. Several electronic genres can be found on ''Conchita'' with influences from dubstep to house in general on "Out of Body Experience" and "Somebody to Love". For example, "You Are Unstoppable" and "Up for Air" draw heavily from electropop while fourth single "Colours of Your Love" includes club music in its composition. With "Firestorm" Wurst links house to Europop. Singles "Rise like a Phoenix", Wurst's winning entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, was the first single to be released off the album on 18 March 2014. "Heroes" was the second single from the album released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchita Martínez
"Conchita" Martínez Bernat (born 16 April 1972) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She was the first Spaniard to win the women's singles title at The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon, doing so in 1994 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 1994. Martínez also was the runner-up at the 1998 Australian Open – Women's singles, 1998 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open – Women's singles, 2000 French Open. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 2 in October 1995, and was in the year-end Top 10 for nine years. Martínez won 33 singles and 13 doubles titles during her 18-year career, as well as three Olympic medals. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2020. A five-time winner of the Fed Cup as a player, Martínez was the Spain Fed Cup team, Spanish Fed Cup team captain from 2013 to 2017 and the Spain Davis Cup team, Spanish Davis Cup team captain from 2015 to 2017, leading the Davis Cup team back into the top-tier World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchita (song)
Conchita is originally a diminutive for the Spanish feminine given name Concepción. Conxita is the Catalan equivalent. ''Conchita'' is also the diminutive of ''concha'' (seashell). Conchita may refer to: People * Conchita Anes (1929/1930–2004), Gibraltarian politician * Conchita Cabrera de Armida (1862–1937), Mexican author and mystic * Conchita Campbell (born 1995), Canadian actress * Conchita Carpio Morales (born 1941), Philippine Ombudsman * Conchita Cintrón (1922–2009), Peruvian Bullfighter * Conchita Leeflang, Surinamese songstress * Conxita Marsol Riart (born 1960), Andorran lawyer and politician * Conchita Martínez (born 1972), Spanish professional tennis player * Conchita (musician) (born 1981), Spanish singer * Concepcion Picciotto, American protester * Conchita Wurst (born 1988), Austrian singer * Conxita Julià (1919–2019), Catalan nationalist and poet Other * ''Conchita'' (beetle), a genus of hister beetle * ''Conchita'' (opera), an opera by compo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchita (beetle)
Conchita is originally a diminutive for the Spanish feminine given name Concepción. Conxita is the Catalan equivalent. ''Conchita'' is also the diminutive of ''concha'' ( seashell). Conchita may refer to: People * Conchita Anes (1929/1930–2004), Gibraltarian politician * Conchita Cabrera de Armida (1862–1937), Mexican author and mystic * Conchita Campbell (born 1995), Canadian actress * Conchita Carpio Morales (born 1941), Philippine Ombudsman * Conchita Cintrón (1922–2009), Peruvian Bullfighter * Conchita Leeflang, Surinamese songstress * Conxita Marsol Riart (born 1960), Andorran lawyer and politician * Conchita Martínez (born 1972), Spanish professional tennis player * Conchita (musician) (born 1981), Spanish singer * Concepcion Picciotto, American protester * Conchita Wurst (born 1988), Austrian singer * Conxita Julià (1919–2019), Catalan nationalist and poet Other * ''Conchita'' (beetle), a genus of hister beetle * ''Conchita'' (opera), an opera by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchita Cabrera De Armida
Conchita is originally a diminutive for the Spanish feminine given name Concepción. Conxita is the Catalan equivalent. ''Conchita'' is also the diminutive of ''concha'' ( seashell). Conchita may refer to: People * Conchita Cabrera de Armida (1862–1937), Mexican author and mystic * Conchita Campbell (born 1995), Canadian actress * Conchita Carpio Morales (born 1941), Philippine Ombudsman * Conchita Cintrón (1922–2009), Peruvian Bullfighter * Conchita Leeflang, Surinamese songstress * Conxita Marsol Riart (born 1960), Andorran lawyer and politician * Conchita Martínez (born 1972), Spanish professional tennis player * Conchita (musician) (born 1981), Spanish singer * Concepcion Picciotto, American protester * Conchita Wurst (born 1988), Austrian singer * Conxita Julià (1919–2019), Catalan nationalist and poet Other * ''Conchita'' (beetle), a genus of hister beetle * ''Conchita'' (opera), an opera by composer Riccardo Zandonai * "Conchita" (song) by Lou Bega * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchita Leeflang
Conchita Leeflang is a Surinamese-American actress, model and singer. Biography Born in Paramaribo, Suriname, Leeflang is the daughter of , who was also the Minister of Internal affairs and Justice, and the temporary Prime Minister to Suriname. Leeflang moved to Brussels, Belgium at a very young age, where Mr. Leeflang was the Ambassador. Leeflang is multilingual, speaking English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Surinamese and Italian. She has been a singer, model, and stage actress for many years until she moved to Los Angeles on a modeling contract where she decided to pursue Television and Film. Conchita Leeflang has won numerous awards for her outstanding body of work as a singer-songwriter. Leeflang has been professionally trained in drama and comedy by her acting coach Aaron Speiser. Some of her acting credits are Super Spy, Sliders, Baywatch, The X Show, The call of a Siren, The Women of the Tropics and De Vrouw van Jerry (Dutch). Leeflang has been a recording artist f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchita Carpio Morales
Conchita Carpio-Morales (; born Conchita Claudio Carpio; June 19, 1941) is a former Ombudsman of the Philippines serving from 2011 to 2018. Prior to her appointment as Ombudsman, she held the post of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, served in the Lower Courts, as well as in the Department of Justice. She has secured appointments from five Philippine presidents: Ferdinand Marcos, Corazon Aquino, Fidel Ramos, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III. A recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award, Carpio-Morales has been cited as a "fearless and indefatigable Ombudsman of the Philippines whose integrity and dignity restored the people's faith in the rule of law." Early life and education Conchita "Chit" Claudio Carpio was born on June 19, 1941, in Paoay, Ilocos Norte, to Lucas Dumlao Carpio Sr., a Justice of the Peace (now equivalent to a trial court judge), and Maria Claudio Carpio. Her father was a member of the Iglesia Filipina Indepen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchita Cintrón
Concepción Cintrón Verrill, also known as Conchita Cintrón or La Diosa de Oro ('The Golden Goddess') (August 9, 1922 in Antofagasta – February 17, 2009 in Lisbon), was a Chile-born Peruvian torera (female bullfighter), perhaps the most famous in the history of bullfighting. In the ring Cintrón was said to display particular grace, style and bravado, a combination known as ''duende''. Background Cintrón was born in 1922 in Antofagasta, in northern Chile. Her father, Francisco Cintrón Ramos, was from Puerto Rico and the second Puerto Rican to graduate from West Point, Major General Luis R. Esteves being the first. After serving in the United States military he became a South American businessman. Her mother, Lola Kathleen Verrill, was an American of Irish ancestry. By the time she was three years old, the family had moved to Lima, Peru, where she grew up, learned to ride, and began her career as a bullfighter. In Lima, Cintrón rode her first pony at three, and join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchita (opera)
''Conchita'' is an opera in four acts and six scenes by composer Riccardo Zandonai. The work uses an Italian language libretto by Maurizio Vaucaire and which is based on Pierre Louÿs's 1898 novel '' La Femme et le pantin''. The work premièred in Milan at the Teatro dal Verme on 14 October 1911 with soprano Tarquinia Tarquini, who later married Zandonai in 1917, in the title role. Her portrayal was lauded by critics and she went on to perform Conchita at the Royal Opera, London (1912), the Cort Theatre in San Francisco (1912), the Philharmonic Auditorium in Hollywood (1912), the Heilig Theatre in Portland (1912), the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia (1912), the Chicago Grand Opera Company (1913), and the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples (1913). The opera was published by G. Ricordi & Co in 1912. Roles Synopsis The story takes place in Seville. Conchita Pérez, a poor cigar maker, is wooed by Matteo, but she resists his advances. Matteo pays her mother some money to rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchita (musician)
María Concepción Mendívil Feito (born March 3, 1981 in Helsinki, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ... - "FanClub, ... El 3 de marzo"), better known as Conchita, is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Discography Albums EPs *12 November 2010: ''Tocando Madera'' *2016: ''Prologue''Singles References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchita Campbell
Conchita Elizabeth Campbell (born October 25, 1995) is a Canadian actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Maia Rutledge on the USA Network series ''The 4400''. Biography Campbell was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is trained in both ballet and jazz. Career Campbell's career started with acting in television commercials at a young age. Campbell made two guest appearances on CTV's hit show, ''Cold Squad''. She starred in ''Wilder Days'' with Peter Falk and Tim Daly in 2003. She is known for her role as Maia Rutledge-Skouris on the USA channel miniseries and show, ''The 4400'' (2004–2007). There she portrays a returned ' child abductee' who has been missing for decades. When 'returned', she has not aged and is imbued with the psychic ability to foretell the future. In 2004, she starred in the small indie-film, ''Pursued'', opposite Gil Bellows, Michael Clarke Duncan and Christian Slater. Though she filmed a small role in ''Bob the Butler'', her scenes were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
